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the subject with the same practical success as Mr. Cartwright, of 
Whitchurch. Many valuable papers and cases illustrative of cattle 
pathology have issued from the pen of that gentleman, and for 
them the veterinary public, together with ourselves, are under no 
light obligations to him. 
Two forcible reasons will occur to the reflecting veterinarian 
why it is his duty to make cattle as well as horse pathology his 
study : one is, the decline which from various causes has all 
over the kingdom taken place in horse practice; the other, the 
rise of late years cattle have undergone in value, and the conse- 
quent greater necessity there exists for rescuing them out of sick- 
ness or unthriving conditions. An ox worth twenty pounds is 
more likely to pay for saving than a horse of like value ; because 
life being saved, and digestive powers preserved, lame or sound, 
upon three legs even, the ox can be fatted to fetch his price ; 
whereas, unless a horse can be got into full health and strength, 
and withal be made to go “ sound,” all medicine and medical at- 
tendance are tantamount, almost, to being thrown away upon him. 
The science of cattle pathology has suffered much in improve- 
ment from two causes ; — for want of a teacher qualified by ex- 
tensive practice and long experience in the farm -yard and the fold 
for his task ; and for want of a locality where the clinique of the 
science might be taught from present observation and actual 
handicraft. From the opportunities Mr. Arthur Cherry has had 
afforded him by a wide range of country practice for many years, 
he is the metropolitan man we ourselves should select to supply 
the first want ; and as for the second, there stand not, that we can 
see, any great difficulties in the way either of making the desired 
field of practice, or of finding it ready made. 
Our readers will not forget “ the first Monday in May,” the 
day of the Annual General Meeting. Every friend of the 
CAUSE OF THE CHARTER will attend. 
